EPA Annual Report

Contents
Environmental Protection Act: Environmental Protection Act Amendment; Objectives and Functions; Ministerial: EPA Members and Staff: Ministerial Decisions and EPA Advice: Relationship between the EPA, Minister and Department of Environmental Protection; Advisory Council to the EPA.
EPA Members
Procedures: EPA; Committees; Consultation; Studies.
Business:Environmental Protection Policies; Environmental Impact Assessment; Pollution Prevention.

Content
Introduction
Procedures: Definition of environment and limits of EPA responsibility; The basis of decision; The EPA plan; Understanding.
Major environmental issues: Coastal zone pressure and responses; Urbanisation; The Swan-Canning estuary; Potable water resources; Salinisation and groundwater table rise; Eutrophication and attendant water quality deterioration; Rangeland deterioration; Forests.

Content
Chairman's letter
EPA members
How the EPA works: Approach taken by EPA.
EPA plan
Major environmental and pollution issues: State of Environment reporting; Salinity Strategy for the South-West; Resources development; South-West flora; Port development and risk; Air quality; Environment and land use; System 6 Update; Contaminated sites and redevelopment; Waste management; 1997 report on the Forest Management Plan 1994-2003.